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search warrant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Police
ˈsearch ˌwarrant noun [countable]  SCPLOOK FORa legal document that gives the police official permission to search a building 搜查令,搜查证
Examples from the Corpus
search warrantHe's probably gone for a search warrant ... Jim Henderson in the Raven says he was watching people at the bar.It declared that the village had a search warrant for her home and would return sometime in the next 30 days.The evidence he had provided in his report had been deemed too conjectural for the issuing of a search warrant.Investigators on Monday sought a search warrant to examine a summer home the Ramseys own in Charlevoix, Mich.Even a policeman wouldn't dare poke about without a search warrant - and you're not a policeman.Searches of private property for illegal aliens can be made without a search warrant.
ˈsearch ˌwarrant nounChineseSyllable
gives that police document the a Corpus legal


search warrant
ˈsearch ˌwarrant noun [countable]
a legal document that gives the police official permission to search a building


search warrantBrE /ˈsɜːtʃ wɒrənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrtʃ wɔːrənt/ 🔊, /ˈsɜːrtʃ wɑːrənt/ 🔊 nounan official document that allows the police to search a building, for example to look for stolen property 搜查证;搜查令